Grommet Team

At the heart of it, we're a bunch of regular folks with a passion for finding Grommets; wonderful products--with interesting stories--that people would love to know about. We're independent—no one pays us to select a product. In fact, the best thing is, lots of people help us by sharing their own favorite discoveries. We're enabling Citizen Commerce™. Our “team” is anyone who believes that we can make a difference by celebrating the useful, innovative, and beautifully crafted Grommets we collectively discover

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Jules Pieri Founder and CEO "My job is to see that we have the right people, ideas, attitudes, and sometimes--fresh flowers--at Daily Grommet. Heck-that's pretty much what I do at home, too" Jules' Blog		Joanne Domeniconi Chief Discovery Officer "I get to lead the whole Grommet discovery effort; it helps that so many people give us fascinating product ideas. Right now I feel like I'm reinventing myself...scary but fun."		Patti Purcell COO "I'm here to make sure the trains run on time - while keeping the gang well supplied with great snacks and the coolest discovery tools."
Jeanne Connon Chief Marketing Officer "I'm spreading the word about all the great stuff that's happening here at Daily Grommet. With so many amazing products, there's always something new for me to talk about!"		Jen Lockwood Grommet Research and Discovery "I'm elbow to elbow with Joanne finding those Grommet ideas and learning their true stories. Kind of like a reporter. I'm always on the hunt, even in my sleep."		Wendy Chandor Grommet Research and Discovery "I love finding the next big idea to feature and telling the story behind the entrepreneur who started it all. In fact, it's not like work at all; for me, it's more like heaven!"
June Hsiao Production Manager "I work behind the scenes with our Discovery, Video, Writing and Photography teams to bring each day's Grommet to life. I'm learning something new every day!"		Katherine Klinger Community "I'm the Grommet polisher. Once a Grommet has been discovered and brought on board, I work with the company to make sure that they sparkle and shine on their feature day."		Tori Tait Community "Every day I spread the latest Grommet news by shouting it from the rooftops. Okay- more like through my keyboard via social media, but I do it just as enthusiastically!"
Sara Pacelle Business Development "I love spreading the Grommet message!! Our team has real pros and super fun people. It's a dream job! Now if I could just lose a few lbs..."		Eric Marthinsen Technology "I enjoy the dichotomy of supporting the fun, quirky, and friendly nature of Daily Grommet, while developing an infrastructure that is lean, mean, and all business."		Gary Smith Technology "I get to turn this team's fantastic ideas into reality on the Daily Grommet site. Wild ideas, tight deadlines, what could be better?"

Grommet Regular Contributors

Angella Dykstra Angella is a mom of three, a Chartered Accountant (She's Canadian, eh?), and she posts prolificly to her site Dutch Blitz, her photo site, and Work It Mom!. If one more person states the obvious, "You must be busy!" she just might get violent.		Jennifer Kula Jennifer has written and edited for websites like BabyZone and magazines such as AMC Outdoors and MetroSports Boston. She enjoys running, hiking, and spending time with her young daughter. Her favorite Grommet is the Tea Forté Holiday Tree Sampler .		Linda Lee Linda lives in the Seattle area with her husband and their two sons. Her freelance copywriting and blogging client list includes AOL, Edelman, Kimberly-Clark, Work It, Mom!, and ClubMom.
Mir Kamin Mir maintains both her award-winning personal blog, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, and thrift-minded shopping site, Want Not. She's a recent transplant to the greater Atlanta area, where she lives with her husband and two kids.		Monica Marsden Monica is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor. She loves flea markets, fine dining (at home), and is likely to break into song in the middle of any conversation. Her favorite Grommet is I Am Not a Paper Cup.		Rita Richardson Rita is a freelance writer who lives in Boston and on Cape Cod. She is a reviewer for the Internet Review of Books; has been published online at Cape Cod Today and in print in The Herb Quarterly. Her favorite Grommet is whatever is up tomorrow.
Christopher Bednarz Christopher is a stay-at-home dad to his three kids. After living in 12 cities, he returned to his roots and writes from Minneapolis. His dream Grommet is a Minnesota Viking Super Bowl Champion coffee cup – but he's not holding his breath.		Ann Bednarz Ann is a writer and editor who dreams about building a modern house but settles for fixing up an old place, one DIY project at a time. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three kids. Her favorite Grommet is Bell'occhio's nine-blade scissors		Elise Smith Elise lives with her husband in Portland, ME and writes novels under the name of Holly Chamberlin. When not writing or reading, she's hanging out with her three beautiful cats. She also likes diamonds.

Grommet Video Set and Production

We shoot our videos right in our offices, surrounded by past, present, and future Grommets. Jules and Joanne made the Grommet sculpture on the wall. If you watch our videos regularly, you'll see that we've made a few sculptures, with different moods and materials. For us, those personal creations, strung on sturdy Maine birch branches, represent an improbable combination of desirable qualities; utility, style, nature, and craft. Just what we like to see in Grommets.

Would you like to send us a Grommet sculpture? We'd love to make videos with it behind us, and we would tell people you made it. It only needs to hang off one of our birch branches and be a span of about seven feet. Send us an inquiry to sculptures@dailygrommet.com. Give us a sense of your idea and we'll get back to you about next steps.

Our videos are ably produced and edited by Jesse Buckley and Owen Mack of coBRANDit. They make us look and sound better than we do in real life, fo' sure. Except on bad hair and tongue-tied days. Then there really is nothing they can do but scrape by with what we give them. And make those videos really, really short

Grommet Photography

Our Grommet product photos are lovingly and expertly created by Sue Bruce at www.suebrucephotography.com